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[Bug c++/21510] Possible bug
- From: "pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 15 May 2005 14:12:57 -0000
- Subject: [Bug c++/21510] Possible bug
- References: <20050511102800.21510.sven@clio.in-berlin.de>
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------- Additional Comments From pinskia at gcc dot gnu dot org 2005-05-15 14:12 -------
(In reply to comment #4)
> If there is no other way to distinguish reliable between unions and classes,
> add it into the extension list. Unions should be avoided in object oriented
> design, anyway, but it is a nice-to-have feature.
Extensions are bad. Even just bugs in the compiler is a bad thing beause people would think the bug
was an extension and start depending on it and then when the bug was fixed, people complain their
code no longer compiles.
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